In The Middle

Chapter 11 : Crushes Are Stupid

S H A W N

I positioned Camila's chin up, to look at her.

Her brown eyes met mine, and they stayed together.

"Listen, Camila.." I said.

I put my jacket around her once more, because she seemed a bit cold.

I heard footsteps getting closer to us, and Camila looked behind me, as her cheeks went bright red.

C A M I L A

Shawn's eyes met mine. This would be the perfect moment to kiss, but I didn't do anything.

I felt my cheeks heat up, and I could already tell they were as red as a tomato.

Shawn looked behind himself, and I could tell his cheeks were heating up too.

I stood there to see "Laur."

Did I mention Shawn had a crush on her? No I did not.

S H A W N

Oh god. Camila and I were in a position.. Which looked like we were about to kiss.

I saw Laur behind myself, arms crossed.

"One second." I told Camila.

"Oh, did I interrupt something?" Laur asked, as I made my way over to her.

"No, not at all." I told her.

"It actually did kind of seem to me that you guys were just about to have your moment." Laur said, and so did I, but Camila... I like her as a friend.

"She also seemed pretty into you." Laur added,"I mean, the way she looks at you and everything. Anyways, I mean which girl isn't into Shawn Mendes, am I right?"

"No..." I said,"Camila's just a friend, and she feels the same way about me too."

L A U R

Camila doesn't feel the same way about Shawn. In fact, I have a video of everything she says about Shawn. It was shortly deleted afterwards, and I am one of the two viewers who saw this.

S H A W N

Laur pulled out her phone and showed me a video of Fifth Harmony, and she played it low.

They were playing a game. Truth or dare.

"This question is for..." Normani shook her bedazzled phone,"Camila!"

Camila nodded.

I realized this was only before this party.

"Who was your first love?" Normani asked, looking up from the phone.

"He has brown eyes that match the color of his hair..." she described,"...he's six feet, one of my best friends currently... and every girl on the planet is in love with him. Including me."

I froze. She described me. Is this true?

I feel kind of guilty, even though I don't feel the same way... I told her that I like Laur.

"It looks to me that you are describing Mendes, eh?" Ally said, raising her eyebrows.

Camila blushed, and asked,"Can we restart?"

With that the video ended.

"Oh." 

That was all I could say.

"Well, I am getting bored," Laur said,"Can we leave?"

"Yeah, sure." I told her,"I'm just gonna say bye-"

I turned around and there Camila was. I bet she heard the whole interview.

"So is it true?" Laur questioned her.

"W- what?" Camila asked.

"I showed him the video." Laur said, laughing to herself a bit,"He knows how you feel!"

C A M I L A

My heart stopped for a minute.

"And.." she continued,"He doesn't feel the same way."

Why would she...?

"I'm sorry Mila." Shawn said.

"Camila.." he said,"Is it true?"

I backed away a bit.

"Camila..?" he asked once more, asking for my response.

No. He doesn't love me.

Lauren left, without a word.

I turned around.

He grabbed my arm.

"If we weren't friends I would never have loved you." I told him, quietly, but loud enough for him to hear,"I think we should keep it that way."

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Those words made both Camila and Shawn's heart ache.

He took a breath and let her arm go, looking down at the brick floor.

"Here." Camila said,"Take this."

Camila said, dropping the leather jacket into his arms, not looking at him.

Shawn said nothing. 

Camila started to walk away once more.

This time, leaving for good.

"Crushes are stupid, anyway." she muttered under her breath.